38 CRUCIFER (Sond.) [Heliophila. 
Sec. 5. Pachysryium. Pubescent suffrutices. Pods linear, tipped with 
-. a short and thickened style. 
Leaves spathulate ... ... ... ... (58) imeana. 
Leaves linear ... ... ... ... «. (59) aremaria, 
Sec. 6. Lanceonarta. Glabrous shrubs, with lanceolate pods. 
Leaves linear-spathulate, mucronate ; 
raceme short... ... .. ... ... (60) florulenta, 
Leaves linear-acute ; raceme elongate (61) macrosperma. 
— Sec. 1. Leprormus (DC.). Stliqua sessile, subcompressed, very slen- 
der, submoniliform, that is, contracted between the seeds ; the beadings 
ovate-oblong. Annuals, (Sp. 1-8), 
1. H. dissecta (Thunb. Prod. p. 108); herbaceous, glabrous ; pods 
slender, submoniliform, tipped with a thick, nodose, acute style ; radi- 
cal leaves very narrow, entire, trifid or tripartite. ZLhunb. Cap. p. 495: 
DC. Syst. 2. 680. Sond. l. c. t. 18.. Leptormus dissectus, E. & Z. 5°. 
L. trifidus, E. & Z. 64 (cx parte). Pachystylum glabrum,E. & Z, No.109. 
Var. 8, albiflora ; stem much branched, flowers white. Sond. 1.¢. 
Var. y. simplex; very small ; all the leaves entire. H. tenella, Banks. 
DC. l.c. Lept. tenellus, E& Z. 58. | 
Has. Sandy and stony places. Zwartland, Thunberg. Capeflats, and mts. round 
Capetown ; Hott, Holland ; Pottberg, Caledon, £. & Z. Nieuwekloof, Drege! 735?- 
Klipfontein, Zeyher, 47 and 48. " Oct._Nov. (Herb. Thunb., Vahl, Sond.). 
Stem erect, simple or branched, 6 inches to 2 feet high, with subvirgate branches. 
Leaves crowded in the lower part of the stem, 2-6 inches.long. Rachis of the pi 
nati-partite leaves 4-1 line broad, lateral lobes 5—7, erecto-patent, 3-5 lines long, 
rarely uncial. Upper leaves smaller, undivided... Flowering racemes short, few 
flowered : fruiting elongated. Flowers either blue, with a yellowish centre, lilac, 
yellowish or white. Sepals 2 lines long. Petals obovate, twice as long as the calyx. 
Shorter stamens toothed at base. Pods erect or somewhat spreading, 1-14 inches 
long, 4—{ line broad, terete or subcompressed, obsoletely 1-3 nerved. Style thickened, 
cuspidate, 4~1 line long. Seeds oval, not margined. : 
2. H. sonchifolia (DC. Syst. 2. 681); herbaceous, glabrous ; pods 
erecto-patent, slender, subcompressed, torulose, tipped with a conwo- 
Siliform style; radical leaves pinnati-partite, lobes 2-3 pair, Wnear > 
_ lateral stamens toothed. Sond. 1. ¢. p. 204. Lept. trifidus, E. & Z. 4s 
‘Has. Stony places. On the mts. round Capetown and Hott. Holl., Afassom, 
Bergius, E. & Z. Oct. (Herb: Reg. Ber., Sandee 
_ Very similar to the preceding ; but differs in the broader leaf-lobes and com- 
subacuminate pods, with a filiform style. Stem afoot high, somewhat 
exuous, with virgate branches. Radical leaves crowded, 3-4 inches long, lobes 
opposite, subacute, 4-6 lines long, 4-9 line wide, with interspaces of 2-3 lines. 
Cauline ee ee ones undivided. Flowers blue, similar to were of S 
dissecta. La eR ene? : i vel 
narrow margitel wing. _ % line wide. Seeds oval, compressed, with a 
8 H. Caledonica (Sond. 1. c. p. 205) ; herbaceous, hairy at base ; pods 
ites pig a rp tipped with a conico-filiform style ; leaves 
ely or bipinnately parted, lobes linear-setaceous ; lateral stamens 
toothed. Lept. Caledonicus, B. Z. No. 60. 
al << Caledonbaths, EB. & 2. Rietvalley, Bergius. Aug. (Herb. | : 
